Apprehension of fugitives from justice papers, 1856-1859.

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Apprehension of fugitives from justice papers, 1856-1859.

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These papers document the actions or petitions for actions by Governor Charles Morehead to bring about the apprehension of fugitives from justice. Included are requests to the governor for: warrants on those who jump bail; rewards to be offered for fugitives; and extraditions of Kentucky fugitives from other states. Also included are copies of pertinent indictments and case histories, among them a Meade County case in which a man crossed the Ohio River from Indiana, released an inmate from the jail at gunpoint, then escaped back across the river.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives

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Kentucky. Governor (1855-1859 : Morehead)

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James Turner Morehead became the twelfth governor and the first native-born Kentuckian to hold that office after the death of Governor John Breathitt in February 1834. The succession of Lieutenant Governor Morehead to the governorship proved a sharp disappointment to the young Democratic party since Breathitt, a Democrat, and Morehead, a National Republican, had been elected on a split ticket. Morehead was born in 1797, in Bullitt County, Kentucky. He attended Transylvan...

Morehead, Charles, 1802-1868.

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